José Rivera on Kiss of the Spider Woman: I had to kill what I loved by José Rivera

When Rivera re-read Manuel Puig's book he loved its surreal dialogue and brilliant footnotes. But something had to give. He explains what he sacrificed for his stage version " and why he saved the zombiesManuel Puig's Kiss of the Spider Woman is many novels in one. It's a political critique of unlimited right-wing power; a psycho-emotional exploration of state terror and incarceration; an interior dreamscape; and a r…

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